My 6 feet planted tank for arowana

[Vican]

Zooming yes, eating no. At least, he's not eating much of the frogs I put in. Maybe he's eating the yamatoes.

So far, the SAE and clown loach are too fast for him

[vinz]

Have you seen him going after the SAEs, clowns and shrimps?

[Vican]

The behaviour of an Aro varies GREATLY between individual. I've never seen such an individual distinct fish. So far, if you tank is well planted, the smaller fishes have cover and can hide from my aro.

He has eaten some of my yamatoes. I thought he had finished the lot of 24 over 2 days, but just now, some of the yamatoes are coming out to feed after a day of hiding. They're getting smart.

I've not seen my aro going after the SAE (which are growing fat) and the 1+" clown loach. The other clown loach died of natural causes. Found its bones in the gravel today.
He has not gone after the 2 otos.

What I realise is that you need some kind of gravel level meat eater to clear off the scraps that the arowana missed. Any recommendations?

However, if you happen to get an aro that likes to eat fish, you might not be able to keep any at all. My friend's aro likes goldfish and market prawns, but doesn't really like mollies and platys. My aro loves frog and frog and frog shrimps are next and he doesn't really like market prawns. But, for his good, I'll have to convert him soon to market prawn.

[leafhorn]

Once the aro tasted live meat, they won't stop right?

It only takes one eat to spoil everything.

[Vican]

I guess it depends. My friend's aro still eats a combination of market prawns and goldfish heartily